Likud

Likud is a major conservative party in Israel, founded by Menachem Begin in 1973 as an alliance. The party was secular, tying together both conservatives and liberals. Likud fell out of favor with the public due to the Lebanese Civil War in 1982, and Ariel Sharon formed the Kadima party after a split in the Likud party in 2005. Benjamin Netanyahu led the party back to power in 2014, and the Likud party earned most of the votes in the early 2010s.